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  • A young woman has decided to leave home and her cases are waiting by the door as the young man points to her way out. Aquatint by C. Hunt, 1853, after T. Onwhyn.
  • A room is full of broken furniture and a young couple are arguing. Aquatint by C. Hunt, 1853, after T. Onwhyn.
  • A man sits at a table with playing cards and drink in hand, his wife threatens him as his playing partner makes his departure. Engraving by F. Basan after Dumesnil, junior.
  • A skimmington or charivari: people make noise and are violent in the street as a form of rough justice exercised by women against men; on the right Hudibras enters on horseback, and is hit in the eye by a thrown egg. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
  • A married couple, Charles and Julia, quarrel and sit with their backs to one another. Aquatint by C. Hunt, 1853, after T. Onwhyn.
  • A young couple are having an argument, she is pointing with her finger and he is leaning towards her as the dog hides behind her skirts. Aquatint by C. Hunt, 1853, after T. Onwhyn.
  • After a quarrel that has reduced his wife to tears, a husband makes an attempt at reconciliation by raising a glass and laughing. Wood engraving P. Sommer for R. Bong XA after E. Spitzer.